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Bronx News Roundup Monday,, Aug. 1

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Welcome to August, Bronx people. Let’s get to all the non-debt-ceiling-related Bronx news now. We’ll start with sweat.Weather: Hot today in the Boogie Down. High of 92 predicted, with severe thunderstorms possible from 4 p.m. on. Story of the Day: ‘White Supremacist’ Principal Hire Eventually Causes Outrage Two years after Frank Borzellieri became principal at Our Lady of Mount Carmel elementary school in Fordham, school officials and the Archdiocese are being criticized for hiring the controversial former school board member.

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Bronx Events: From the South Bronx to East Asia “Hip Hop Kung Fu”

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Come to a Hip Hop/Kung open dress rehearsal tomorrow at 7pm at 928 Simpson Street. See the work of Emilio “Buddha Stretch” Austin Jr. that juxtaposes the formality, structure, and strict discipline of Asian martial arts with the looseness and spontaneity of hip hop. Stick around for a Q&A session after. The piece will premiere August 3rd in Manhattan. On August 6th head back to Simpson Street (between 163rd St.